Curated category
University of California, Berkeley alumni
- Jack LondonJohn Griffith London arrived in San Francisco on the 12th of January 1876. His mother Flora Wellman worked as a music teacher and spiritualist while living…
- Philip K. DickPhilip Kindred Dick was born on the 16th of December 1928 in Chicago, Illinois. He arrived six weeks prematurely alongside his twin sister Jane Charlotte…
- Roger SessionsRoger Huntington Sessions entered the world on the 28th of December 1896 in Brooklyn, New York. His family lineage traced back to Samuel Huntington, a…
- Stith ThompsonStith Thompson was born in Bloomfield, Nelson County, Kentucky on the 7th of March 1885. He grew up as the son of John Warden and Eliza McClaskey.
- David J. PetersonDavid Joshua Peterson entered the world on the 20th of January 1981 in Long Beach, California. His father carried German heritage while his mother held…
- Daniel KahnemanDaniel Kahneman was born in Tel Aviv on the 5th of March 1934 while his mother Rachel visited her family. His parents were Lithuanian Jews who had moved to…
- John Patrick DigginsJohn Patrick Diggins entered the world on the 1st of April 1935, in San Francisco. His father worked as a gardener for the City of San Francisco while his…
- Rodney StarkRodney William Stark was born on the 8th of July 1934 in Jamestown, North Dakota. He grew up within a Lutheran family that shaped his early environment.
- Timothy LearyTimothy Francis Leary was born on the 22nd of October 1920 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He grew up as an only child in a strict Irish Catholic household.
- Tim SchaferTim Schafer was born on the 26th of July, 1967, in Sonoma, California, the youngest of five children. His path to becoming one of gaming's most celebrated…
- Jack VanceJohn Holbrook Vance arrived in the world on the 28th of August 1916. His family lived in a large house on Filbert Street in San Francisco during his early…
- Lawrence KleinLawrence Robert Klein entered the world on the 14th of September 1920 in Omaha, Nebraska. His father Leo Byron Klein and mother Blanche Monheit raised him…
- Roger RevelleRoger Randall Dougan Revelle entered the world on the 7th of March 1909 in Seattle. He grew up in southern California and graduated from Pomona College in…